into the area and could produce sprinkles but we don't expect significant rainfall. right now, looking at western sky, you can see build up of low clouds there near the coast. lots of sunshine breaking through right now. current readings 55 degrees in san francisco. 65 also in san jose. 59 in half moon bay. another live view of the golden gate bridge. there is a lot of low clouds here kind of dreary looking scene. now, it's brighter, you can see clouds in the sky. looks like traffic is moving well. temperatures 63 degrees in santa rosa and napa. 68 in los gatos, here is our first forecast. we do expect a chance of sprinkles during evening and overnight hours, and some coastal fog is developing. tomorrow morning a few spotty showers possible but not very wide spread and not expected to be heavy. by tomorrow we'll look at partly sunny skies. dry conditions for game two of

the giants series against cardinals. high temperatures from about 60s at the coast to 70s inland. slight chance of showers. >> law enforcement in marin are searching a wooded area in marin county for a car theft suspect who may be armed and dangerous. sky 7 was above central avenue in wood acre as police and chp arrived on the scene this, is the aftermath of a chase of a reportedly stolen car that began in winsor. he abandoned the car and went into the woods on foot. schools in the area are on lock down. >> on investigation into an underground vault explosion this morning in san francisco. according to pg&e around 11:30 an underground power cable came apart, and blew off two man hole covers. one damaged a bumper of a parked rental car.

over 2100 customers were without power, workers checking vaults at last check to, see if there was damage. >> the state has given the go head for chevron to resume full operations at it's richmond refinery. >> cal osha reviewed the repairs and process safety safety systems. >> since last august, a massive fire knocked out a crude distillation unit. chevron hasn't given a date but indications are it could be by the end of june. a public meeting to discuss findings about the fire ended and we'll have a live report on that meeting at abc 7 news at 5:00 and 6:00. >> and shock out of oakland. superintendent of schools tony smith announced his resignation. he became superintendent of oakland unified school district four years ago,

citing family reasons for stepping down. they're leaving for chicago by the end of june to care for his aling father-in-law. >> he's not leaving for another job. and in fact, and he has no job there. he will be unemployed. and so that is... the -- that is sole reason for leaving is for family consideration. >> smith is a cal grad, played for football team, previously worked for san francisco and emoriville school districts. >> workers mourning the loss of quinn boyer, a paramedic fatally shot on tuesday. news of the death yesterday prompted a memorial in front of the santa clara county ambulance company where he worked. co-workers who are trained to help others in situations like this are now relying on grief counselors and other r other professionals to get through a difficult time. >> pier to -- peer to peer

group comes in to help each other, each person deal with situations and they've activated the team in the bay area and who resolves around other department that's are specialized in helping get through this struggling times. >> and no arrests have been made at this point. >> san jose police officers are investigating a drive by shooting that left a man wounded near mount vista drive this morning. sky 7 was over the home where the victim went after he was shot twice in the chest. investigators say that was around 4:00 a.m. but police were on call more than three hours, family members tell us the victim is a 34-year-old ricky gonzales junior. police say the shooting may be gang related. >> and police in san francisco looking for a man who stole a cab this morning and looking

at dash cam video to try to identify him that. man led police through streets and freeways of san francisco and pacifica before racing back to san francisco. that is where he dumped a cab near san francisco state university and fled on foot. >> one suv slammed into another sending it tumbling through a street this morning. the accident happened around 3:00 a.m. and police are still not sure who is at fault for the accident or whether alcohol played a part. >> president obama apologized for yesterday that some considered sexist it was at one of the ather ton fund-raisers the president called camela harris the best-looking attorney general in the country. today, white house says the president called her to apologize for the comment and the distraction it has caused. >> he did not want to diminish

the attorney general's professional accomplishments in her capabilities and i would note that he called her in those same comments, brilliant, dedicated and tough. >> this is video from a previous visit to san francisco the white house says the 2004 old friends and said the president says women should not be judged soley by their appearance and harris spokesperson says the attorney general supports the president. >> president obama isn't the only one back pedaling on comments. the first lady is doing some explaining after a remark about her married live. >> if you're angling for salmon, wait is over. the sports salmon season opens tomorrow, reports point to good conditions for fishing from bodega bay. recreational angler as loued to catch two salmon two feet long per day. commercial season opens next month, that is when markets should put more local and

fresh salmon on shelves. >> still ahead at 4:00 free advice hundreds of homeowners can get to make mortgages more affordable. >> big announcement from halle barry. >> and the landmark decision changing rules for emergency contraception. why critics say the morning after pill will be misused. >> taking a look at traffic, afternoon commute in downtown san francisco this, is a live look at the skyway. and it's bumper to bumper crawl for those folks heading towards lower deck of the bay bridge. once the game gets out, it's going to be around the city. but at this point traffic moving nicely on the right hand side of the screen. stay with us, back with more at 4:00.es@vap

happening now an event that could help struggling borrowers stay in their homes. >> jonathan bloom is more using our cell 7 technology. jonathan? >> we've seen them here before. the neighborhood assistance corporation of america they hold events around the country. now, naca has been holding their events for years. but every time, hundreds of people show up and line up for a chance at a loan modification. many here today have tried already to work out a deal with their banks and haven't

had luck. they're here because naca worked out special arrangement was lenders that obligate the banks to offer a lower rate to borrowers. naca helped enough people that most marketing is now word of mouth. >> it makes you feel more confident and you're not frustrated. >> they come from miles and miles. they either know someone or have a family member and they want to see if they can get help as well. >> whether you get help depends on what papers you bring with you. we've talked to people who are here fr a second time but reward can be sweet. sometimes interest rate as low as 2% if you truly can't afford your loan. a lot of people ask how is naca able to get deals with banks nobody with k.get on

their own? well, it's been a long road for them z they have some very compelling video to show for us that we'll share with you tonight at 6:00. zynga has a plan to revive the company and bank of america unveils next generation of atms. >> hi, emily. >> good afternoon, larry. the company announced today that john door will be joining the board of directors. one of the top vc backers. boeing's dream liner completed a final test flight on the upgraded battery system. the flight is the last test before the battery design can be submitted.

the fleet was grounded in january. after batteries heated on two flights. >> fis beinger is slashing 75% of the staff. sources tell bloomberg the company is letting employee goes after it dmot find an auto partner. manufacturing a sedan called karma. the company alter prod dux when battery maker filed for bankruptcy. a new patent filing reveals apple is working on a street view system in a challenge to google maps. users will be able to scroll through street view by move thirg device. technology may allow users to enter buildings you may remember that apple dumped google maps in favor of apple maps but after complaints about apple mapping service, apple allowed google maps back on, weeks later. a disappointing monthly jobs report pushed stocks lower on the day. your bloomberg silicon valley

index down. aprilem, google leading those detainz. -- declines. bank of america introducing a new machine which will include video shots choths with tellers that will help users with complicated transactions. the first machines rolling out in boston this month follow bid several sites in atlanta. in san francisco, i'm emily chang, ama, larry back to you v a wonderful weekend. >> you too, thanks. faa says it's going to delay closing of 149 air traffic control towers, closures of the small towers were scheduled to begin april 7th that. date moved to june 15th among those scheduled to close include towers in concord, livermore, san carlos ask jant rosa. faa closing the contract towers because it's losing $637 million in forced spending cuts.

>> kfc will be selling boneless and skinless pieces of chicken by april 14th. saying customers will get whole muscle pieces with bone cutoff. the company will keep drum stick buzz warned koit get rid of bones if that is what consumers want. right now, 80% of the chicken is a boneless patty or strip. >> looking head to weekend spencer christian joins us. >> right on the money. >> weather term, unsettled. we'll have threat of showers and sprinkles around. but we'll have breaks of sunshine as well. like today. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. radar sweeping around that is not picking up precipitation here at the moment. we do have clouds around. and up to the north a large mass of moisture that could produce a sprinkle or two.

we have greater concerns of showers going to a greater source, cloudy overnight. a chance of sprinkles then, there will be spotty showers tomorrow, and showers possible early on sunday as wem, so this pattern we have now will continue into the weekend. game forecast for game two of the giants will be tomorrow, at 1:05 game time. conditions pretty good for baseball. spring yelz possible but breaks of sun and will in the be wet for the game. maybe a sprinkle or two, but that is about it. we'll show you movement of whether -- weather in our direction from out at sea. clouds coming through now. but again, nice breaks of sunshine well. do have a chance of spotty sprinkles tonight because there is a block of moisture to the north. but this unsettled pattern riding the jet stream now is what may bring us showers over the weekend.

so start agent 7:00 we'll move that, animating maps. cloudy this evening and again, a few sprinkles possible tonight and overnight, then, tomorrow morning a weak wave of showers starting to approach us that will produce scattered showers. we'll get dry conditions and sunday morning next wave of showers moves through that will be weak as well. and looks like marshal clearing sunday afternoon. overnight tonight low temperatures into upper 40s to low 50s and tomorrow, we'll have partly sunny skies nooft noon. high temperatures upper 60s to 70 in the south bay and north bay z 70s around the bay as well, koomer skpund another chance of showers early sunday z next week, look at warm up.

sunny skies, warm afternoons throughout the week, high temperatures into mid-80s inland by wednesday. upper 70s around the bay mirksd 60s on the coast. it's the weather i think most of us have been waiting for. for weekend it's -- yeah. all right. thank you. >> thank you. >> still ahead, most women would want attention of britain's prince william. but that was not the case for one young girl. >> 7 on your side testing out newest action cameras to find out how well they stand up to extreme sports. >> and on your friday, taking a look at bay bridge it's awesome right now. just flying through. and stopping to pay tolls. keep it here

many little girls dream of being a princess, one girl dressed up like a princess. >> and find out what happens when he tried to give the 4-year-old girl a kiss. >> next time, next time. >> denied. >> refused.

>> she pulled back and rejected the princely pucker, today, kate middleton revealed details and said they're down to a short list of baby names but picking one has been difficult. >> a major a-lister announces she's pregnant and steven speilburg looks back 20 years at jurassic park. >> here is the entertainment report from on the red carpet. >> if you're a fan of scandal, today is a great day. and if you're lucky enough to be on set when the cast saw it for the first time. >> there it is. >> you're on the cover of entertainment weekly. >> this is a thriller, really. this is really great. >> and also jurassic park is

celebrating an anniversary of 20 years. >> never did i think that i could be making this movie in 3 d. 20 years ago 3 d wasn't ready for prime time. >> new, it s it roars into theaters today. big news for actress halle barey. she's pregnant. a spokesperson says she and her fiancee are expecting their first child together. it will be the second for barry, who has a 5-year-old daughter. >> still head new warning from north korea. >> and new fallout from the rutgers abuse scandal. what was said about the decision that's were made. >> secretary of state hillary rodham clinton's message to women around the world.

>> and angelina jolie's tribute to a teenager sought by the taliban

today north korea advised russian and british embassies to evacuate their staff saying

their safety could be at risk. the news is the latest escalation of tension triggered by threats from leader kim jong un since the us skus south korea began military exercises last month. >> kim jung un is raising stakes. officials believe the rogue regime is set to test two missles leaving the u.s. with a difficult set of choice autos this could lead to a war if not carefully managed. >> not capability of reaching the mainland, missles pose a threat to allies in the region as well as u.s. military bases in possibly guam. the pentagon deployed defenses but might not want to. >> if we take a shot and miss it's a big loss of face in the united states for our allies and a big propaganda coux for

the north koreans. if we do shoot it down it would be a big embarrassment to kim jong un. satellites monitored missles as they made their way to north korea's eastern shore. they're now hidden. there is another wor rit south korean government which deployed two war ships might try to escalate the situation. >> you can see the u.s. trying to walk back from the rhetoric. the key is der.deescalate the crisis. >> pung yang warned to consider evacuating staff saying their safety can not not be guaranteed past next week. >> met meeting with korean americans this week, the minister of education a decade ago when north korea allowed to let south korean companies

open a business park in the north. he insists doing nothing gives north korea more time to fine tune it's nuclear program. >> now is the time that united states has to exert efforts to desolve the issue through dialogue in the lab. >> he says he would be surprised if the north shut down the business park he helped to create. >> dozens of illinois children are recovering after their school bus flipped over this morning in a rural area near wadsworth. police say the driver apparently smashed into two suvs. the driver of one died. the windows on the bus were smashed from the impact but none of the school kids were

seriously injured. authorities credit the high seat backs for shielding the children. a nanny charged with stabbing two kids to death has been found fit to stand trial. yoselyn or the taiga has pleaded not guilty to murder. police say the two children were killed last year in the manhattan apartment. the family just moved to new york from san francisco's noe valley. the children's father worked at bloomberg and yahoo. or the taig yaiga's lawyer is challenging results of the mental exam. >> funeral services for a murdered district zpourn his wife were held in texas today. they were shot and killed in their homes last week. this nearly two months after another prosecutor was murdered just steps from the county court house. >> investigators in mississippi say a police service weapon was used in a shooting death of a detective thursday. jackson police detective eric

smith was questioning a 23-year-old jeremy powell. he took the gun and shot him. powell then shot himself. >> more heads are rolling at rutgers university. today, the athletic director resigned, under pressure, obviously, criticized for only suspending coach rice for three games for kicking and pushing players and using gay slurs. the rutgers president blamed himself for not looking at the video in november. he then apologized for hampl it's caused. >> i apologize to any student athletes on the team who may have been personally harmed. the kind of chronic and abusive behavior demonstrated on that video is unacceptable.

also he apologized to the lgbt kmuchblt a group of 50 teachers wants him to resign next. >> a family from ohio is safe today after missing in the florida ever glades for 24 hours, officials were alarm whtd family didn't return the air boat rented yesterday. rescuers spotted them after hearing an air horn. three young boys and parents were shaken but not harmed after spending night with no shelter on the boat. the family says took a wrong turn and got stuck. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton back in the spotlight headlining a star studded event in new york. the former senator also called for equal pay for women and encouraged girls to pursue careers in science and math. she talked about women in government. >> women participate in peace

making and peace keeping we're all safer as z.more secure. and with women participating in the politics of their nations they can make a difference. >> actress angelina jolie spoke at conference last night, introducing a 15-year-old pakistani teenager shot by the taliban for advocating womens' education. the teenager announced donations will build a school for 40 years in a pakistani taliban strong hold. >> in a brutal attempt to silence her voice, it grew louder. >> education of 40 girls into 40 million girls. >> jolie is personally donating $200,000 to the fund. >> still ahead treatment bringing hope to patients battling one type of brain

cancer. >> and first lady's slip of the tongue, what she says about parenting that has people talking today. >> and taking a look at traffic a live look at the commute. traffic on 680 northbound traffic heading towards concord moving well at this point. better if you're heading southbound. stay with us. more still to come on

>> update on giants home opener with creative arrival with san francisco fire department bringing in the banner on their boat. jake west brooke walking angel pagan in the 4th. giants starters have gone 24 innings without giving up an earned run. sergio romo striking out allen craig to end it. giants win their home opener in sunshine and san francisco. it's a great start. >> a bit of a gaffe today from the first lady. >> mrs. obama might have explaining to do about a remark about married life in the white house. listen. >> believe me as a busy single mother, i should say single as a busy mother sometimes you've got a husband who is president

it can feel single but he's there. >> mrs. obama talking about busy single moms struggling to make healthy meals this, is video cure during the white house egg roll. the remark came on the same day the president got flak for saying camela harris was good looking. >> what i meant to say was... what i meant to say... let's move on. spencer chris chichblt can we call spencer good looking with out getting into trouble? >> i don't want to get the e mail autos i'd love that. here is a look. we're picking up no precipitation at the moment. but some sprinkles may be headed our way. a wide path of moisture there for us during overnight hours. looking at national weather picture tomorrow looks like a peaceful weather picture with highs of 71 in atlanta.

northeast, dry, cool, highs 47 in boston. 51 in new york. showers swing through great lakes and looks like shower activity tomorrow around seattle and portland. but a nice picture state wide tomorrow, we'll be looking at mild conditions down south. looking for highs of 78 in fresno. 70 sacramento. los angeles down south, 73 degrees. there will be shower activity up in the northern most part of the state z here in the bay area, a chance of showers by morning. we should be looking at breaks of sunshine and clouds. we'll see highs tomorrow into upper 60s to around 70s near the bay. we'll see low 60s on the coast. we won't -- can't expect dry and warm weather until next week.

>> up next a man trapped under a snowmobile in the frigid cold survives. how his friends found him. >> changing times, teenagers are trying to organize something that would impress our nation's greatest civil rights leader autos newest action cameras so popular, 7 on your side will put it to the test to

toyota reached a settlement with california agreeing to pay $16 million in faumty business practices. toyotas were recalled over acceleration and braking issues. toyota countered problems were due to bad drivers and faulty floor mats. the spokesman says the company is turning the page on the recalls. >> u.s. health officials are taking precautions against the newest strain of bird flu popping up in china now. the health department working on strains of the virus so it can make vaccines quickly, if

necessary this, move after the chinese government slaughtered all poulry in a market that killed six people. officials say it has been traced to pythons being sold for meat. >> a new type of laser treatment showing promising results against an aggressive form of brain cans yes, 10 patients received heat therapy. most showed improvement in just two days. the length of the survival doubled. >> students in georgia are planning to hold their first racially integrated prom. there are usually two proms, one for whites and one for everyone else, students say it's been that way for as long as they can remember. the group of students is now looking to change that but they say not everyone is on

board. >> stick with tradition. you know? it's traditional thing we don't need to change. i'm like but why? no one could answer the question. they think nudging is broken, why fix it?. >> we have people ripping down posters for the integrated prom at the school. >> senior class is raising money to pay for the integrated prom. it will be held april 27th. >> well, action cameras led extreme sports enthusists capture just about anything these days. >> consumer reports partnered with michael finney to find out. catching great action shots is a s.a lot easier. cool new video cameras, consumer reports looks at two popular one that's go where no individual yes camera was gone before. bradley uses a go pr. ro

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and mitt a patch of melted snow and ice, flipped over, trapped underneath the machine and partially submerged in frigid water for 20 hours. authorities and volunteers went to look for him but his friends search aid stretch of unused logging roads and found them -- him. >> we saw him move his arm and realized he was trapped. >> i heard the plane flying over. an hour later i heard a snowmobile coming. it was my friend. >> the father and son use aid shovel to free their friend. he is a lucky to be alive. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 a plan for plan b. >> women advocates calling it a major victory. we'll have both sides of the debate up next. >> coming up at 5:00 facebook isn't making friends with breast feeding mothers why the

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here is tonight's prime time line up. back to back episodes of happy ending, shark tank at 9:00 then 2020 at 10:00. a controversial decision from a judge today that teen-aged girls will no longer need a prescription for morning after birth control pill. drugs like plan b will be available over the counter to people of all ages. a controversial decision aichl judge ruling girls 16 and younger no longer need a prescription for morning after birth control pill making drugs like plan b available over the counter. >> it can be on the shelf.

it can be next to other feminine products next to aspirin. maybe next to condoms. and a woman that wants it will go in, take it off the shelf, pay, and leave. >> until now, the pill has been kept behind a pharmacy counter. a save guard after a decision by health and human service s secretary to require girls younger than 17 to have a prescription for the pill. today's ruling applauded by some, reverses that. >> it will mean people can get quicker access to a good method of preventing unintended pregnancy without having to go through unnecessary hoop autos but there is outrage from parents whose children will be now able to take emergency contraception without their knowledge or permission, and opponents say this raises concern concerns if the pill is misused as a primary form of birth control. >> problem here in having this

over the counter here in the united states is that these teens goring to be avoiding medical screenings so stds and any increase stds a result of increased sexual behavior among teens are going to to go untreated. >> this ruling set to take affect in 30 days though the fda could still appeal. >> 10 mile bart service extension is one year closer to being done and officials with the santa clara valley transportation authority got together to mark the date. completion for the extension project is not expected until 2013. but officials say they've made good progress, thanks to the voters. >> the voters of the area who have said we're going to find something they wants. that may make it possible with the federal government.

>> voters went to polls twice to help fund the project. once in 2000, to raise almost $1.2 billion with sales tax, then, again in 2008 to fund maintenance. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. a reminder awbc 7 news larm clock app is available for your an droid. you can down load now for free as well as on google play. the clock app is still available if you have an iphone. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> how the state's top cop responded to the president's best looking comments. >> and a new sign of the times. banners and what is in it for the crooks. >> our current unsettled weather pattern last throughout the sfwheekd i'll

have the accu-weather forecast coming up next. >> police are still on the scene of an officer involved shooting in west oakland. police tell abc 7 news officers confronted two burglary suspects leaving a home. one a knife, another looked to be a pistol. turned out to be a fake gun. >> an officer shot the burglar with the toy gun in the shoulder. this is a second shooting in three days. wednesday night an officer shot a person while investigating a robbery. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> our other cop story compliment that got the president in trouble. >> abc 7 news is live in sacramento with what he skped

reaction to it. debate is over whether the remark is sexist. she does appear to be brushing off this incident. he apologized for calling her, quote, by far the best looking attorney general in the country he believes and recognizes that the challenges women continue to face in the work place. >> the president praised the san francisco democrat for her brilliance and her toughness, before he come plited her looks the president's comments caused a national debate over whether saying anything about appearance has a place in a professional setting. the two do share a friendship. she doesn't appear to be offended by the comment n a

statement her office said the attorney general and president have been friends for many years and she strongly supports him. rebecca blanton is glad an uproar erupted because it shows fro gres from 15 years ago. >> what ends up happen sthag looks then take away from accomplishments. and men don't have to deal with that. >> i think it's unfortunate he felt he had to apologize. >>. >> the pull of female attorneys general is so small. >> when men are frayed to say something to women about how she looks i think that that is too bad too,. i just like us to relax a bill bit about that. >> the president used the term

good looking guy when referring to his interior housing and navy secretaries. we're hearing from the family of a kbrair medic shot and killed in oakland this week in a statement the family of quinn boyer says quote we're humbled by love and support shown by the extended family. the passing leaves a gash in our hearts that will never heal. he was shot tuesday morning and police have not determined what caused that confrontation. the 34-year-old worked in the san jose area, died yesterday at highland hospital from his wounds. his wife and family decided to donate his organ autos a scary explosion in a vault in san francisco today. scoot bloom sent us this photo of smoke pouring out.